A missing link? Contemporary insights into principal preparation and training in Russia

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 331-341

  Bysik, Nadezhda ^a   Evstigneeva, Nadezhda ^a   Isaeva, Natalia ^a   Kukso, Katsiaryna ^a   Harris, Alma ^b,c   Jones, Michelle ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

distributed leadership; managerial approaches; principal leadership; professional development; professional training; retraining

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983340483     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188791.2015.1056588     Document Type: Article

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